Improvement in table-casters



WVILLIAM F. COLLIER, OF WORCESTER, MASSAOHUSETTS.

IMPROVEVIENT IN TABLE-CASTERS.

Spacification forniing part of Letters Patent N0. 161,933, clated April 13, 1875; applicaian filed February 6, 1875.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be t knoivn that I, WILLIAM I. COLIIER, of the city and county of VVoraester and Commonwealth of Massaahusetts, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Ta ble-Casters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact clesaription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying clrawings, forming a part of this specification, and in whicl1- Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of my improved table-caster. Fig. 2 represents a sicle "iew of the same. Fig. 3 represents a vertical central section of the lower part of the caster, on line A B, Fig. 1. Fig. 4: represents a cross-section on the line 0 D, Fig. 2. Figs. 5, 6, and 7, represent parts of the caster, as Will be hereafter more 'ully explainerl.

To enable those skilled in the art to which 1ny invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to clescribe t more in detail.

The object of my present invent-ion is to produce a table-caster which is not only ornamental and strong, but which aan be made and put together "ery quickly ancl aacnrately, and also, when desirecl, aan De taken apart to be packecl for transportation or storage, as will be hereafter explainecl.

In the drawngs, the parts marked A constitute the legs and supporting-fiame work of the caster, and whiah legs or frame-werk are 'ormed, in this insance, of twistecl wireall four of the legs beingtwisted together to form the ring or hanclle B. 'lhe battle-rings U are made separately, and are conneated together by clamping-pieces a, the ends 1 of the clampng-pieces a being bent over their respective rings, as shown in the clrawings. Rosette tongue pieces D are securecl to the legs A, after the legs have been passed tlnough holes 2 in the base of the tongues b, aud between the lugs or ear-pieces c. By bencling or forcing said. lugs 0 down firmly upon the inside of the legs so as to alamp the legs firmly between the earpieces 0 and. the inside of the rosette part al, a secure connecti0n is obtained. Tl1e constructor, after makng the wire into the form clesired for the legs and handle 13, aan apply and secure the rosette tonguepeces D very quickly and very aacurately to the legs, as above described, since he has only to employ a gage to enable him to set or alamp the tongue-pieces to the legs of the caster at a uniform clistance from the en ls thereof. After the bottlerings O ha"e been secured together by means of the clamppieces a, and the rosette-pieces have been seaurecl to the legs of the caster, the rings ancl legs are secured together by springing out the legs so that the tongues 1) can be slipper]. between the bottle-rings and in over the bottom part of the clamp-pieces a, and. uncler the ends 1 thereof, as indicated in the clrawings, after which the tongues can be securely fastened in place by a little solcler, or the whole of the lower part of the caster aan he dipped into molten tin, and the parts firmly united in that way. The rosattes D are made with three notches or openings, e, 6, and f the bottle-rings fitting into the notahes e e, while the legs A fit into the notahes f. By this arrangement the rings have a double support, while the legs are renclered more rigid and less liable to spring out of place. It will be observed that the aonstruction of my improvecl caster is suah that the work can be systematized. For instance, one man aan make the wire, another the frame, another the bottle-rings, another 'asten the bottlerings together bymeans of the alamping-plates a, another secure the rosette tonguepieces to the legs, while another aan unite and fasten the parts together to form a complete caster. Or, one man may first complete a large quantity of parts neaessary to form the caster, and. then unite them together in the order abo"e indicatecl. Then again, it'desired, the bottlerings may be made and. the1i secured. together by means of the clamping-plates a, and the 'rosette-tongues seaured in proper position upon the legs A, after which the rings may be packed in a box so as to ocaupy aomparatively little space, while the legs of the frames aan he sprung together, so that the frames aan he packed together for boxing in like marmer, with great economy of space.

The rosette tongue-pieces D I prefer to make of some cast meta1, and of the form shown in Fig. 7, since, when so made, it requires but very little work to finish them for usethe boring of the holes for the 1egs A and a lttle smoothing being a11 that is necessary.

Fig. 5 shows a perspectve view of the tongue-pieee, with a elampng-pece, w, arranged in the relative postion wheh t oecupies in the easterthe ether parts beng 1emoved-and in Fig. 6 a verteal section is shown of one of the legs, rosette-tongnes, and. elamping-pieee, whle in Fig. 7 is shown a perspeetive view of the rosette tongue-piece before it has been seeured to the leg of the easter.

Hafing described my mproved tableeaster, what I claim theren as new and as of my in venton, and desre t0 secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, wth the ring or handle Witnesses:

Tnos. H. DODGE, EDWIN G. MOURE. 

